Quick start
You can go from sign-up to live data in about an hour. Here’s the path.
1. Get your account
Your Vigil team provisions your organization and sends you credentials for the portal at app.vigilcloud.io. Sign in and set your password.
2. Connect a cloud account
In the portal, open Connections and add your first account. Vigil supports:
- AWS — deploy a CloudFormation stack (creates a keyless, least-privilege IAM role)
- Azure — deploy an ARM template (creates a managed identity)
- GCP — run a pre-filled
gcloudscript (creates a keyless attached service account) - DigitalOcean — provide a scoped API token (agentless)
- Microsoft 365 / Google Workspace — connect via admin consent (agentless)
See Connecting your accounts for step-by-step instructions per provider.
3. Deploy the agent
For AWS, Azure, and GCP, the connection step deploys the agent into your account. It begins discovering resources and posting data within about an hour. Agentless sources (DigitalOcean, M365, Google Workspace) start polling as soon as the connection is authorized.
4. See your data
Once data is flowing:
- Portal dashboard — a live overview of your infrastructure, scores, and findings.
- Grafana — click View in Grafana for deep-dive metrics.
- Reports — your first weekly report arrives on schedule; you can also download on demand.
5. Turn on the modules you need
Monitoring is included from day one. Cost, Security, CI/CD, Compliance, Microsoft 365 / Google Workspace, and Access Governance are added based on your plan — see Plans & modules or ask your Vigil team to enable one.
Checklist
- Signed in to the portal
- Connected at least one account under Connections
- Agent deployed (cloud) or token authorized (agentless)
- Data visible on the portal dashboard
- Alert destinations confirmed (Slack / PagerDuty / email)
Next: The portal